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The Private Music Instruction Manual: a Guide for the Independent Music Educator.(Book Review)
The Private Music Instruction Manual: A Guide for the Independent Music Educator, by Rebecca Osborn. Trafford Publishing (23333 Government St., Ste. 6e, Victoria, B.C. V8T 4P4), 2004. 266 pp. $34.95.
Rebecca Osborn, a former school music teacher who now operates an independent music school, offers in this book a gold mine of ideas for any teacher who wishes to place his or her studio on a more secure professional basis. This is an eminently practical, systematic and detailed outline of business practices that benefit piano, instrumental and vocal teachers. It should be read by everyone preparing to enter the profession.
In a sense, the title is somewhat misleading, for there is little in the book that deals with actual music instruction. Only one page addresses the format of a typical music lesson. Criteria for the selection of method books are mentioned briefly. There are no suggestions for teaching technique, theory or musical interpretation and no hints on fingering or lists of appropriate repertoire. But organizational and promotional ideas abound.
The outline format of the book makes all suggestions both clear and concise. A table of contents and a very complete index provide easy references to topics of particular interest. Where alternate organizational ideas are proposed (as in home studio versus itinerant teaching), pros ...
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...play it, they use both sides of the brain, setting up mental pathways and connections they'll use all their lives. "Music instruction can improve a child's spatial intelligence for long periods of time--perhaps permanently," says psychologist Frances...
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...South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. Ten years later, he founded Texas Music & Video (TMV), a producer of music instruction tapes, also in Levelland. The leap from classroom to videotape was a natural progression, Hartin explains. "We got...
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- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack March 17, 2009 700+ words
BROOKVILLE, N.Y., March 17 (UPI) -- Children exposed to a multiyear program of music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills, U.S. researchers said. Joseph M. Piro and Camilo Ortiz of Long Island University studied children in two elementary schools -- one of which
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